Question

An ebonite rod is rubbed with fur. Explain the charging of the ebonite rod and the fur on the basis of electron movement.

Answer 1

Thus, fur becomes positively charged. When an ebonite rod is rubbed with fur the rod gets negatively charged because the friction between the fur and the rod makes the ebonite rod to gain an electron from the fur. This is because electrons in fur are less tightly bound than the electrons in the ebonite rod.